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\"\"…we may need to turn to Lincoln’s Second Inaugural Address, when we have Triumphed. <\/p>\n

With malice toward none with charity for all with firmness in the right as God gives us to see the right let us strive on to finish the work we are in to bind up the nation’s wounds, to care for him who shall have borne the battle and for his widow and his orphan ~ to do all which may achieve and cherish a just and lasting peace among ourselves and with all nations.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Despite claims by NeoConfederates, the Civil War was fought over slavery. That cause is given as the reason in the Articles of the Confederation.<\/p>\n

If we are to fight a new Civil War, in the 21st Century, it can also be viewed as being fought with regard to slavery: to overturn the variant of slavery the Trumpean forces are imposing, and to prevent full slavery from returning. If Trump and his cronies do not allow a genuine vote, in 2026–there is reason to doubt that they will–then armed resistance against the Kleptocratic Theocracy may be necessary. When it’s over, let there be malice toward none and charity for all…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

…we may need to turn to Lincoln’s Second Inaugural Address, when we have Triumphed. With malice toward none with charity for all with firmness in the right as God gives us to see the right let us strive on to finish the work we are in to bind up the nation’s wounds, to care for…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-880","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\nIs a new Civil War in the offing? 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